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Land surface characteristics
Features and attributes of earth's land surface.
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Mass Wasting Following the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire near Durango, Colorado, a Field Trip Guidebook [New Window]
Guidebook with photos, maps, and diagrams explaining how forest fires have affected the likelihood of mass wasting, with discussions of steps taken to minimize future impacts.
Mass wasting presentation [New Window]
Presentation explaining the various types of mass wasting, how they work, and how they differ from one another, with diagrams and photos.
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) [New Window]
Main page for National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), a comprehensive set of digital spatial data about surface water features, with links to references, data, software tools, applications, tutorials, technical support, and data maintenance.
Nationalatlas.gov - National Atlas of the United States [New Window]
Portal to general information on the National Atlas of the United States with access for producing specialized maps and links to thematic maps including interactive maps, multimedia maps, map layers data warehouse, wall maps, and printable maps.
Sinkholes [New Window]
Explains sinkhole formation and distribution, with special emphasis on their occurrence in Missouri
Space Acquired Photography [New Window]
Ordering and descriptive information for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) imagery acquired by the USGS from Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and Shuttle Large Format Camera missions.
Standardized National Vegetation Classification System [New Window]
Document on the National Vegetation Classification Standard with information on applications, background, development, characteristics, nomenclature standards, relationship to other classifications, and how to do vegetation mapping.
Survey Photography [New Window]
Information for ordering from a large diverse group of aerial photos (1939 to the present) from film received from many federal agencies such as Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Army, Navy, National Park Service and others.
Tapestry of time and terrain: union of two maps, geology and topography [New Window]
Colored map compiled by merging geologic and topographic maps of the United States through computer processing and enhancement with links to panoramic movie using QuickTime, descriptions of features, and a game entitled Puzzle of Regions.
United Sates Antarctic Resource Center (USARC) [New Window]
Description of the Antarctic Resource Center at the USGS National Center in Reston with information on its archives of aerial photographs, maps and charts, satellite imagery, geodetic control data, image collection and publications.
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